Editing Berkshire (section)

===Rugby===
Reading is a centre for [[rugby union|rugby union football]]. The [[Premiership Rugby|Premiership]] team [[London Irish]] were for 20 years tenants at the [[Madejski Stadium]] before their move back to SW London at a new stadium in Brentford.

Newbury's [[rugby union]] club, [[Newbury R.F.C.]] (the Newbury 'Blues'), is based in the town. In the 2004–05 season, the club finished second in the National Two division earning promotion to National One. Newbury had previously won National Four South (now renamed as National Three South) in 1996–97 with a 100% win record. In 2010–11 the club finished bottom of National League 2S,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/tables/4777175.stm |work=BBC News |title=National League 2S table |date=9 August 2006 |access-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820194220/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/tables/4777175.stm |archive-date=20 August 2007 | url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> with a single win and twenty-nine defeats. The club was founded in 1928 and in 1996 moved to a new purpose-built ground at Monks Lane,<ref>{{cite news |title=''Rugby at its best'' |work=Newbury Weekly News Advertiser |url=http://www.newburyrfc.co.uk/NRFC%20wrap.pdf |date=October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320143622/http://www.newburyrfc.co.uk/NRFC%20wrap.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2009 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> which has since hosted England U21 fixtures.